There are many causes for male and female infertility. Some infertility conditions in females have been identified while some have not. The known ones include ovarian dysfunction, reduced ovarian reserve and endometriosis. A low progesterone level is likewise a known cause of female infertility. Male sterility includes low sperm count, chronic diseases, injury, seminal flow blockages, sexually transmitted diseases and poor sperm motility. Male impotency usually increases with age.
Pharmaceutical medications are available for the treatment of infertility if the factors are not related to chronic diseases or aging. The conventional treatments are expensive, not 100% guaranteed to work and have harmful side effects. The most popular conventional treatments for infertility are sperm injection and In Vitro fertilization. Both procedures fertilize the egg outside the womb and reinsert the fertilized egg back into the womb.
The mature egg ovum is extracted from the female body and fertilized in vitro in a laboratory. The fertilized embryo then is placed back into the womb and matures there until its birth. This procedure by far is the most successful among all conventional treatments. It is not a perfect procedure and it can go awry or unsuccessful many times. Worst part about this is that any procedural mistake can affect the baby’s health during and after pregnancy.
Nowadays, people have started to become aware of alternative ways to treat sterility. These alternatives are more desirable because they are safer both for the parent and the potential baby as they have fewer and less troubling side effects. Most of these alternative therapies are millennia old wisdom to handle certain types of diseases and disorders such as infertility.
Acupuncture Jacksonville is one such great millennia old alternative treatment. For treating infertility, particularly ovarian problems, ear or auricular acupuncture is quite effective. Medical researchers of acupuncture have discovered acupuncture brings about substantial improvements in the hormonal transmissions from brain to ovary. Women with ovarian dysfunction have been seen to have improvement of their condition when availing of acupuncture therapies for at least 30 sessions within 3 months.
Patients availing of acupuncture and other alternative treatments are strictly advised to modify their lifestyle and dietary habits. Drinking, ingesting or even inhaling caffeine, green tea and black tea with caffeine o even chocolate and cocoa can lessen fertility. Caffeine in all forms inhibits the physiological environment for conception and therefore needs to be avoided. PCBs which oftentimes are found in contaminated fish can render women and men sterile.
Traditional Chinese medicine, particularly acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are popular treatments against infertility. These therapies are holistic in nature targeting the physiological, emotional, mental and even spiritual health of the patient. They are considered safer than conventional modalities without serious side effects to speak of.
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